Vocabulary Homework #1 (9/26/11)

McKenzie Cooke

Accel English 12

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Vocabulary Homework #1

Prefixes:

1.) Agri - Agribusiness

·        Noun

·        An industry engaged in the producing operations of a farm, the manufacture and distribution of farm equipment and supplies, and the processing, storage, and distribution of farm commodities.

·        Businesses occupied in farming and the trades of agriculture.

·        Synonym – farming

·        Antonym -

·        The family specialized in agribusiness, they grew, processed, and sold their own corn products.

2.) De - Demonstrate

·        Verb

·        To illustrate or explain, especially with many examples, the value or efficiency of a product or object

·        To prove or make clear with reasoning or evidence

·        Synonym – reveal

·        Antonym – disprove

·        Billy Mayes was the face for Oxy Clean products and demonstrated their uses on television commercials.

3.) Gyr - Gyrate

·        Verb

·        To oscillate with or as with if a circular or spiral motion

·        To revolve around a point of axis

·        Synonym – rotate

·        Antonym –

·        The earth gyrates on its axis and revolves around the sun at the same time.

4.) Ply - Plywood

·        Noun

·        A material used for various building purposes, consisting usually of an odd number of veneers glued over each other, usually at right angles.

·        A type of wood that can be found in 4 by 8 foot sheets, at a number of different levels of thickness

·        Synonym – plyboard

·        Antonym –

·        Many parts of the new house were constructed from plywood, including the sub floors, walls, and roof.

5.) Therm - Thermostat

·        Noun

·        A device that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for a manual adjustment.

·        A mechanism that regulates a specific temperature in a room or area.

·        Synonym – thermoregulator

·        Antonym –

·        We had to turn up the thermostat in our house because of the sudden drop in temperature outside.

6.) Uni - Unite

·        Verb

·        To join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole unit.

·        To cause to adhere, or to exhibit in union.

·        Synonym – join

·        Antonym – divide, separate

·        The whole student body was united in the lecture hall for an important announcement from the school principal.

Vocabulary:

1.) Alleviate

·        Verb

·        To make easier to endure

·        To lessen

·        Synonym – ease

·        Antonym – aggravate

·        The man had to have a back operation, and his doctor would prescribe him strong medicine to alleviate all of his pain.

2.) Annihilate

·        Verb

·        To destroy the collective existence or main body of; to destroy completely

·        To wipe out or cancel the effect of

·        Synonym – abolish

·        Antonym – preserve

·        The battle was a complete massacre; all members of our troop were annihilated.

3.) Discord

·        Noun

·        Lack of harmony between persons or things

·        Disagreement; difference in opinion

·        Synonym – controversy

·        Antonym – agreement

·        The two men got into a discord because there was a lot of controversy over their different views of religion.

4.) Chastise

·        Verb

·        To discipline, especially by corporal punishment.

·        To criticize severely

·        Synonym – punish

·        Antonym – comfort

·        The coach thinks that severely chastising his players for their mistakes will make them better players.

5.) Eschew

·        Noun

·        Having nothing to do with; to abandon

·        To abstain or keep away from

·        Synonym – avoid

·        Antonym – embrace

·        Her parents eschew telling her stories from their past because they are afraid that she will make the same mistakes they did.

6.) Credence

·        Noun

·        Belief as to the truth of something

·        A mental acceptance as true or real

·        Synonym – certainty

·        Antonym – distrust

·        The group of girls were not able to recognize the news as rumor, and gave credence to the gossip, spreading it around the school.

7.) Loquacious

·        Adjective

·        Characterized by excessive talk; chattering or babbling

·        Talking or tending to talk much or freely

·        Synonym – chatty

·        Antonym – quiet, on-talkative

·        The candidate was very loquacious, and his talkative personality caused him to lose the election because he always babbled off topic when giving a speech.

8.) Culpable

·        Adjective

·        Meriting condemnation of blame especially as wrong or harmful

·        Deserving blame or censure; blameworthy

·        Synonym – guilt, liable

·        Antonym – innocent

·        The driver of the stolen vehicle was culpable although there were two other people present with him when the crime took place.

9.) Panacea

·        Noun

·        A remedy for all ills or difficulties one may encounter

·        The answer or solution to all problems

·        Synonym – remedy

·        Antonym – problem

·        My grandmother seems to think that her remedy of soaking a sunburned body in concentrated tea is a panacea for burns.